1984 VFL Season Round 7: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1984 between Essendon and Footscray during round seven of the 1984 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Tim Watson captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Kevin Sheedy and the visitors were coached by Mick Malthouse.

Essendon (12.10.82) were defeated by Footscray (16.8.104).

Match Details

Season: 1984 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 12 May 1984
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 21,196

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Footscray
Score: 12.10.82 - 16.8.104

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 2 6 . 5 9 . 8 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Footscray 6 . 2 7 . 3 13 . 6 16 . 8 16 . 8 (104)
Margin FOOT by 24 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 22 FOOT by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Tim Watson
Coach: Kevin Sheedy

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Mick Malthouse

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Cameron
G. James

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Doug Hawkins FOOT 7 3
Jim Sewell FOOT 2 2
Brian Royal FOOT 33 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baker, Leon ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 1 0 1 1
36 Bradbury, Peter ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 2 0 5 1
20 Buhagiar, Tony ? ? 0 1 25 12 13 2 0 1 1
17 Carey, Stephen ? ? 0 0 20 11 9 3 0 2 1
24 Copping, Stephen ? ? 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1
22 Duckworth, Bill ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 4 4
7 Dunell, Frank ? ? 1 0 20 14 6 5 0 2 7
19 Eustice, Mark ? ? 1 0 16 12 4 4 0 1 2
15 Ezard, Alan ? ? 1 2 14 12 2 3 0 1 5
10 Foulds, Garry ? ? 1 0 24 18 6 5 0 4 0
38 Harvey, Mark ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 0 1
33 Hawker, Glenn ? ? 1 2 14 10 4 2 0 2 4
9 Heard, Shane ? ? 0 0 18 9 9 1 0 5 1
27 Madden, Simon ? ? 0 2 16 6 10 10 37 3 2
25 Merrett, Roger ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 3 4 2 5
1 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 18 14 4 4 0 1 2
3 Salmon, Paul ? ? 2 2 8 7 1 6 2 2 1
26 Thompson, Mark ? ? 0 0 25 9 16 5 0 2 2
18 Vander Haar, Paul ? ? 0 0 25 17 8 10 0 3 1
32 Watson, Tim (c) ? ? 3 0 18 8 10 4 1 2 3
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 12 10 313 196 117 74 44 45 45

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
12 Anderson, Robert ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 1 0 4 3
16 Burton, Chris ? ? 1 1 13 10 3 4 0 3 1
49 Cordy, Brian ? ? 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 3 0 1 1
4 Dunne, Emmett ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 3 0 3 1
38 Duperouzel, Bruce ? ? 0 1 5 4 1 0 0 2 1
30 Edwards, Allan ? ? 1 0 14 8 6 5 0 0 5
10 Egan, Mick ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 2 0 5 2
6 Ford, Alister ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2
7 Hawkins, Doug ? ? 2 0 26 19 7 5 0 3 3
8 Kennedy, Rick ? ? 0 0 16 9 7 3 0 2 2
27 MacPherson, Stephen ? ? 3 0 17 12 5 6 0 2 3
34 McKenna, Michael ? ? 0 0 27 15 12 3 0 3 3
51 McLean, Michael ? ? 0 1 19 13 6 2 0 0 1
1 Purser, Andrew ? ? 0 0 21 12 9 7 15 7 3
37 Rickman, Ian ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 1 4
33 Royal, Brian ? ? 3 1 21 20 1 3 0 2 2
2 Sewell, Jim ? ? 5 1 21 15 6 11 0 1 3
24 Wallis, Steve ? ? 0 0 21 13 8 3 0 4 2
5 Williams, Ian ? ? 1 3 13 10 3 5 1 2 3
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 8 295 210 85 67 16 45 45

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s